... hits

... hits
Compilation album by Phil Collins
Publication (s)	October 6, 1998
Label (s)	Atlantic Records
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Pop rock , soft rock
Title (number)	10
running time	74:01
production	Phil Collins Hugh Padgham Baby face Lamont Dozier Arif Mardin Anne Dudley
chronology Dance into the Light (1996) ... hits Tarzan (1999)
Single release October 26, 1998 True Colors

… Hits is a best-of- album by British rock singer Phil Collins . The album was released on October 6, 1998 on the Atlantic Records label.

Production and guest posts

Most of the songs on the album are previously released singles from Phil Collins' previous albums Face Value (one track), Hello, I Must Be Going! (one song), Against All Odds (OST) (one song), No Jacket Required (three tracks), Buster (OST) (two songs), … But Seriously (three songs), Both Sides (one track) and Dance into the Light (a song). Only the song True Colors was re-recorded for the album.

On … Hits there are two guest contributions by other artists. Philip Bailey affects Easy Lover as a guest musician with and Marilyn Martin joins Separate Lives as a guest musician.

Track list

#	title	Songwriter	producer	length	album
1	Another day in paradise	Phil Collins	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham	5:22	... But Seriously (1989)
2	True Colors	Billy Steinberg , Tom Kelly	Baby face	4:34	previously unpublished
3	Easy lover	Phil Collins, Philip Bailey , Nathan East	Phil Collins	5:02	Chinese Wall (1984)
4th	You Can't Hurry Love	Holland – Dozier – Holland	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham	2:52	Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
5	Two hearts	Phil Collins, Lamont Dozier	Phil Collins, Lamont Dozier	3:24	Buster (OST) (1988)
6th	I wish it would rain down	Phil Collins	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham	5:28	... But Seriously (1989)
7th	Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)	Phil Collins	Arif Mardin	3:25	Against All Odds (OST) (1984)
8th	Something Happened on the Way to Heaven	Phil Collins, Daryl Stuermer	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham	4:51	... But Seriously (1989)
9	Separate lives	Stephen Bishop	Phil Collins, Arif Mardin, Hugh Padgham	4:06	White Nights Soundtrack (1985)
10	Both sides of the story	Phil Collins	Phil Collins	6:37	Both Sides (1993)
11	One more night	Phil Collins	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham	4:46	No Jacket Required (1985)
12	Sussudio	Phil Collins	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham	4:21	No Jacket Required (1985)
13	Dance into the Light	Phil Collins	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham	4:22	Dance into the Light (1996)
14th	A Groovy Kind of Love	Toni Wine, Carole Bayer Sager	Phil Collins, Anne Dudley	3:29	Buster (OST) (1988)
15th	In the Air Tonight	Phil Collins	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham	5:30	Face Value (1981)
16	Take Me Home	Phil Collins	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham	5:52	No Jacket Required (1985)

Chart successes

… Hits entered the German album charts at number three on October 19, 1998. On November 2, 1998, the record reached its highest position from second place. Hits debuted on the Billboard 200 in the week ending October 24, 1998 at number 18. On August 4, 2012, the album reached number six in the American album charts following a discount campaign by Amazon . The sound carrier also reached the top of the charts in Finland, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Sweden.

album

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1998	... hits	DE2 (32 weeks) DE	AT2 (19 weeks) AT	CH2 (36 weeks) CH	UK1 (107 weeks) UK	US6 (124 weeks) US	First published: October 6, 1998

Singles

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1998	True Colors	DE35 (9 weeks) DE	AT20 (8 weeks) AT	-	UK26 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 26, 1998

Sales figures and awards

… Hits was awarded triple gold in 2004 in Germany for over 750,000 units sold. In the United States, the album was certified triple platinum in 2004 for over three million units sold.

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
allmusic

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	60,000
Australia (ARIA)	6 × platinum	420,000
Belgium (BEA)	4 × platinum	(200,000)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	(750,000)
Europe (IFPI)	5 × platinum	5,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	(32,143)
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	(600,000)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	(50,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	2 × platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	400,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	3 × platinum	45,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(80,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	(200,000)
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × platinum	(1,800,000)
All in all	4 × gold 44 × platinum	9,325,000

Main article: Phil Collins / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart tracking … hits on officialcharts.de
2. ^ Billboard 200: The week of October 24, 1998. Retrieved February 4, 2019 . 
3. ^ Billboard 200: The week of August 4, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Paul Grein: Week Ending July 22, 2012. Albums: What's He Doing Here? In: Yahoo. July 25, 2012, accessed February 4, 2019 . 
5. ↑ international chart tracking ... hits
6. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
7. ↑ DE: 3 × gold
8. ↑ US: 3 × platinum
9. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com